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Recording of the conversation of the peopleʹs commissioner for foreign affairs of the USSR V. M. Molotov with the ambassador of Great Britain in the USSR, Scripps *

5 august 1941 Top secret

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Arriving accompanied by the 3rd secretary of the embassy Denlop, Cripps handed comrade Molotov a memorandum on the question of Turkey (a translation of the memorandum is attached) 19.

Comrade Molotov said that he would bring the proposals of the British government to the attention of the Soviet government and inform Cripps of the decision. Comrade Molotov added that relations between the USSR and Turkey remain invariably friendly, as evidenced by the March exchange of declarations between the governments of the USSR and Turkey. This exchange of declarations, as is known, took place even before the German‐Soviet war, despite the fact that the Germans did not approve of such support for Turkey from the USSR.

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The conversation was recorded by Potrubach

Wua rf. F. 06. On. 3, p. 1.d. 6.l. 103‐105.

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